What is the ruling on saying: "My soul has returned to me" or "Seeing you brings life back to the soul" when drinking water or seeing a friend after an absence?
These phrases are not intended to mean the return of the soul to the body after its departure, but rather express the attainment of comfort and joy after distress and pain, after which a person becomes as if life has returned to them. The soul does not fully depart the body except with death, and it retains various types of attachment to it: in the mother's womb, after birth, during sleep (a partial departure), in the (interim period), and on the Day of Resurrection of bodies, which is the most complete type of attachment. Therefore, there is no harm in using the phrase "my soul returned to me" and similar expressions if one intends thereby relief and joy after hardship.
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